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10.24.2007

News of the day, 10/24

Hey everyone. A studious and resourceful reader has passed along some interesting screen captures from the AU-LSU game. I'm not super into these angles of argument, though, because things like that happen all the time. If I noted every awkward spot I see in a season, that could be its own blog.

The illegal formation thing might be a tad more worthy of mention, but I still don't think that's a big deal. Auburn fans probably feel differently. So it goes.

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OK. This is the illegal formation play. You can see the flanker on the left side of the formation is approximately 1.5 yards off the line of scrimmage. Some refs call that. Some don't. This one, you can see him at the bottom left, is not holding up his arm to signal a problem. The flag came from the other side of the field. Based on what you see right here, I don't think the officials necessarily blew the call. It's a judgment thing. Throwing the flag, then watching the video review to disregard the flag is a mistake.



Here is the third-down play late in the game that yielded LSU an important first down. Note that Chris Evans and Eric Brock both missed the tackle.

Sure, I think the tailback fell short of the first-down line. I'm just not that keen on scrutinizing spots. They're pretty subjective in all cases. There were times during the New Mexico State game when I found certain spots poorly judged. It happens. If you want to clamor for better spots overall, fine, but it's very rare that I hear coaches seriously grumbling over spots.





As a follow-up to my Sunday rant about Bobby Hebert, LSU released a statement on Tuesday night apologizing to the Auburn reporters who were stationed near Hebert at the game. Here is a portion of the release. This is very rare, and a very classy move on LSU's part to acknowledge the issue and pledge to keep it from happening again.
For all you that attended the LSU vs. Auburn football game last Saturday
at Tiger Stadium I would like to extend a formal apology on behalf of
the LSU Sports Information Department concerning the behavior of one of
our credential media members. I understand that the situation was not
only completely unprofessional, but a huge distraction to those of there
in a working capacity, especially considering the late deadline. I can
assure that the issue is being addressed on our end and we don't expect
any future incidents of that nature.

Once again, I apologize for any problems this may have caused you that
evening and I only hope that your next trip to Tiger Stadium will be a
better one.

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Isn't it the case that the receiver has to _ask_ for assistance from the line judge about whether he is on the line or not? The official didn't indicate there was a problem because the receiver never asked for assistance. I may be wrong about this...

10:24 PM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

I know what you're talking about.

The line judge communicates with the other officials with hand signals as well, and didn't communicate a problem to them.

8:11 AM  
Blogger AUQno4 said...

Hey Jay, great job with the screen shots! This is the HABOTN!
Now, I have to disagree. This isn't NMState. This was a battle for the SEC West lead between nos. 5 & 17 to share the lead with Alabama (who would've thought). Does the so-called best team in the land really need the refs to blow calls so they can end up in the championship like most of the media has predicted?
These certainly could be meaningless calls if it weren't for two things: they both came on third down and they led to TDs. We only lost by 6!
So you're telling me that only six on the line is not illegal formation now? Of all the rules this is pretty clear cut. Either there is or there isn't. How can you review and pick that flag up?
Oh yeah, Eric Brock made that play he didn't miss that tackle. The ref blew the spot. The RB stands up and places the ball at the 1st down line (like so many players do)& the ref runs in and leaves it there! Incredible!!!!!!
I remember the NBA ref controversy that just happened! According to you, this was the same line judge who didn't throw the flag on his side of the field on the illegal formation. I wonder how much he won? Most of the other bloggers across the state think it was Coach Tubs fault. What do you think? Anyway it's over now. WDE beat Ole Miss!!!!

11:11 AM  
Blogger Jay G. Tate said...

How is Tuberville responsible for the illegal formation penalty? I must be missing something.

11:21 AM  
Blogger AUQno4 said...

Sorry, Jay. I mean most bloggers on other sites across the state are blaming CTT about everything from the 3rd quarter offense, the squib kick at the end, not asking for a review on that bad spot, & taking two timeouts to the locker room.
I definitely think he's great for Auburn. But, I did think Paul Finebaum's article about him this week was over the top, like always. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for letting me post on this HOT Auburn blog!

2:24 PM  

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