SEC Says Play Was Unreviewable

[computergeekvol]

by Tennessee fans. This would have been the screw of the century if that had brought the ball back and taken the points off the board. I don't care if he blew the whistle and danced a jig in the middle of the field, all that happened here was that a terrible call got corrected. How can people complain about that?

 

[Ashevolle]

In the end, we would have ended up with the ball, Bray to Rogers for TD#3 and we're celebrating anyways. I happy for the way it turned out. A little poetic justice.

 

[LA Vol]

Vandy's got nerve, complaining about how this always happens to them. Hel-lo. Who is the only team in history that has won two games only to ending up losing them courtesy of the men in stripes?

 

[Coastypop]

What gets me about the official who blew the whistle and marked him down is that he couldn't even SEE Gordon's knee--he was grossly out of position to make that call!!! I question his reasoning and his motivation to make a call that he couldn't definitively see.

I say this from watching the replay last night from the telecast. He was blocked by the falling Vandy player and he lost self-control--and blew his whistle....I don't care what he will ever say publicly to cover his behind, there is no way he could see Gordon's knee--and even if there was--he proved that he was bat-blind because it really wasn't even close!

For all of the criticism of the officials, it reminds me of last years NC game when Auburn's Dyer never had a knee or arm touch the ground--the officials demonstrated self-control and let the play continue with the knowledge that replay would review and either validate or invalidate the call...:salute:

The call from that official was a catch, then a fumble recoved by Gordon with his knee on the ground.... what was he watching geeeeeee

 

[brando1083]

You could clearly see the ref raise his hand and blow the whistle. Why he did it I don't know. I'm just glad UT wasn't penalized by the faulty whistle.

I thought all scoring plays were reviewed? Or is that just in the NFL?

Technically it wasn't a scoring play because of it called dead. If the ref didn't blow it dead and let the player score then it would of been reviewable. It would of stood as a touchdown, we still win.

 

[R481967]

The only time I've heard the stadium louder was when we beat UF in 1998! And that was with a full house! I did my part,too.

To those who have posted "enough said", I don't think so... Tennessee has suffered at the hands of biased, incompetent officiating for years, the last two being almost intolerable. CPF was reported to have a list of officials he didn't want around Knoxville (don't know if that is accurate, or not), but we've suffered enough grief here to finally be able to vent about it.

Poor Vandy, if they couldn't beat this Vol team by 40 points, with officials chipping in the way they did, it might just never happen again for them, which suits me just fine. Coach Cafego had it right, Vanderbilt is our natural, mortal, hated enemy.

 

[Jasongivm6]

The stupid rule itself needs to be abolished.

 

[Boca Vol]

Technically it wasn't a scoring play because of it called dead. If the ref didn't blow it dead and let the player score then it would of been reviewable. It would of stood as a touchdown, we still win.

Got it. It was called dead but the play continued only to find out it wasn't called dead by the ref's own admission. :unsure:

SWEET! A SCREWED UP RULING THAT WENT UT'S WAY! :good!:

 

[adamyq]

You could hear the whistle clear as day on the broadcast too. When Dooley blew up, you could tell that someone told him it was unreviewable. Then the refs concocted the "there was no whistle" lie to cover up their obvious mistake. It was the right thing to do.

Tv has dish microphones, easier to hear. I doubt anyone outside of a 10 yard radius heard it.

 

[volbreaker]

In the end, the proper call was made. Enough said.

You are right on, PayingUTK, FOR ONCE the proper call was made............and SCREW the SEC. Crap every week for years they make horrible calls that cost teams games and they pick an obvious, justice seeking correction to open their pie holes. Unreal. How they attempt to discred a Tn win and hang their own out to dry on a justice has Slive's fingerprints all over it. GAWD, I hate him.

 

[ccVOLSdhf]

The stupid rule itself needs to be abolished.

This is what I've been thinking. Why would blowing the whistle make a play unreviewable. It's clear in this case the official made a mistake in blowing his whistle, and it could vary easily happen again. Causing a game to be won or lost by a officiating mistake. Which is the reason we have instant replay in the first place, and i perfect example of why the rule needs to be changed.

 

[Mr.Fister]

This is what I've been thinking. Why would blowing the whistle make a play unreviewable. It's clear in this case the official made a mistake in blowing his whistle, and it could vary easily happen again. Causing a game to be won or lost by a officiating mistake. Which is the reason we have instant replay in the first place, and i perfect example of why the rule needs to be changed.

im guessing that its because when an official blows the whistle the defense stops playing...therefore if a guy ran a touchdown in after the defense stopped playing it would be a little crappy to just give him the td after the official stopped play. it should be reviewed but in this case you clearly heard the whistle and they didnt call that so i guess it just depends on who the ref is and who they want to win.

 

[govols/cc]

The ref never saw the knee touch he just saw Gordon dip a little & assumed it did. I thought the rule of thumb was if you wasn't sure to let it go & then review it.

 

[BenGrimm]

It was hilarious watching the look on the replay booth guys faces, "Uh... can we review this? I mean it's pretty clear his knee didn't even come close to touching the ground but uh.... I'm sure there was a whistle and uh... the rules say... uh ... uh... I mean uh.......... I just want to get out of this stadium with nuts still intact."

 

[Flathead]

There's no way to prove who blew the whistle. Hell, it could of been me.

When he threw the sandbag down he clearly put whistle in mouth, inflated lungs and cheeks and BLEW! He screwed up and then said he didn't! Bottom line, review exists only to make calls fair and to get things right. So, if that's the case, nothing shouldn't be reviewable. If they screw it up, then get it right! A play like that should be automatically reviewed upstairs, period, the end. SEC has some major problems with officiating. I like Shaw, but he needs to take the bull by the horns and fix it.

 

[jortfreeTN]

Win win situation IMO, we won the game and Vandy fans can feel like they would of won. Truth is, by the book, the wrong call was made. The play should not of been reviewed, even tough it was a bad whistle by the ref. We would of gotten the ball on the 25 and picked up the points to win.

To be honest I feel like the ref would of attempted to give us a make up call after costing us a TD if he was stupid enough to say he didnt blow his whistle so even with a 3rd and long we would of gotten a pass interfernce call or something. Giving us 6 shots a the endzone and a FG attempt.

Hey if vand fans want to speculate so can I.

 

[DjCrenshaw]

All plays should be reviewed. I am just thankful Gordon didn't hear the whistle and stop and trot off field. I guess it would be a no brainer at that point.

 

[Flathead]

im guessing that its because when an official blows the whistle the defense stops playing...therefore if a guy ran a touchdown in after the defense stopped playing it would be a little crappy to just give him the td after the official stopped play. it should be reviewed but in this case you clearly heard the whistle and they didnt call that so i guess it just depends on who the ref is and who they want to win.

If Carl Lewis was on their team he couldn't have caught him, he was long down the field and they were chasing him. The only one who stopped were lineman and they didn't have a chance anyway.