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hesselguister

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  1. In regards to the intentional grounding penalty on Nebraska. Some posters have concluded that this was the correct call- which is technically accurate. Other posters have never seen this call before, and have been presenting reasons why the call was just so odd. Based on my experiences in this line of work, I would conclude that the reason why you rarely, if ever, see this call is a combination of logistics and common sense. There are many rules in every sport that are not enforced because of the context in which the action is occurring. For instance- in basketball- if the ball is being passed around the perimeter up by half-court and a post has their foot just within the lane at the elbow- technically 3 seconds could be called, but will never be by experienced officials.

     

    I could be wrong- but on the intentional grounding play in question, I don't recall an official in the secondary conferring with the referee- who i believe eventually threw the flag. Either way- the referee won't have eyes on the downfield receiver, and a secondary official won't have eyes on the quarterback. To me, given that the QB was not going down to the ground- I would have been fine with the explanation that the receiver cut off his route. That's usually how it would be explained. My guess is that the conference will say it was the correct call, but the evaluator will question the process of how the officials came to this conclusion- and suggest that with all the other items to keep track of during the game, this would have been a play to not throw a flag. This unique call situation probably led to further confusion with the down. It gets tense when conferring with your partners when there are 2,000 people on your case. When 80,000 are booing you during the situation in which you are unsure and may have kicked both the call & down marker - I wonder if the referee wished he never would have went down this path. 

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