Volunteer_Kirby
Its not what you think...
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Exactly. I thought it was weird when it happened. He acted like he didn't have the ball or possibly the play was dead (like he heard a whistle), but it was an act either way. Our players didn't fall for it.So was it a trick play and Corral was kind of hiding the ball? We didn't get fooled but the refs did?
ReplayI have not seen the play yet. Video?
Exactly. I thought it was weird when it happened. He acted like he didn't have the ball or possibly the play was dead (like he heard a whistle), but it was an act either way. Our players didn't fall for it.
I’m trying to remember if after the fact, the ball was spotted at the original line of scrimmage orbif the play resulted in lost yardage?I heard that sometimes the refs let it play out in order to not accidentally rule out a fumble that is real. Think back several years, Vandy got hosed in a game against us (which was a good thing!) and ran back a fumble where they whistled the play dead prematurely. That was the only way ole Dools could beat Vandy that year (2011 I think). It wasn't a good look for our program but our HBC acted like he had won the super bowl.
Anyway....this is an argument being offered. I still say BS. If forward progress was stopped, it would have had to be prior to the fumble, right? Or did they decide that his forward progress was stopped AS he fumbled? It doesn't make any sense
Here is what I think. The fake was very good. I was fooled. Go back and watch, the cameraman was fooled also. The refs were fooled as well. They probably didn't realize that Corrall even had the ball till it popped out, and then they were like "oh **** maybe we should have called forward progress".
But they should not get a do-over. No whistle, no stop to the play. Such BS.
And imo, Corral was hiding the ball.Replay
I’d like to see a better quality video on youtube (and one that includes the officials’ explanation). But from the replay you can clearly see kiffin is wrong about UT players stopping because they heard a whistle too. Nobody on the field stopped except Matt corrall. It really just looked like a hard play action or broken Statue of Liberty play where we got in the QBs face way before he was expecting it, and he just froze.
After the play kiffin was working the refs and it did look like he was trying to say corral heard a whistle. I think corral and kiffin were grasping at straws, but may have succeeded. IMO the refs were fooled by the play action, had no idea what was going on or what to do, and decided giving us the ball but not the points was a fair compromise.