Holding...

[The Maudfather]

Seemed to be a ton of it and a lot of no calls against Fresno. Here's a pretty good shot. If you'll notice, Cam's jersey is pulled out, over his shoulder pad...it doesn't just get that way without someone helping the cause.

[EbylHusker]

Looks like he's about to level that guy anyway.

[Saunders]

The only reason they called holding in the first place is because the side judge got spooked by the crowd. It was a WAC crew, and they were abyssimal. Like, 05 Alamo bowl (also a WAC crew) bad. The play where fresno "recovered" Taylor's fumble out of bounds, 3 yards past the FD marker, and they gave us a 4th and 1 was ridiculous.

[307husker]

Similar to how our DB's used to play (when they were dominant), are they just waiting for some holding calls in order to gauge how far they can go? If the calls don't come, then continue to push the barrier as far as the ref's will let you... That photo is pretty incriminating...

[It'sNotAFakeID]

There was no doubt that there was a lot of holding not called by the WAC crew. Seemed like they were more intent on watching if Nebraska was going to do anything rather than watching what Fresno State was doing. There's a reason why when they ran the ball up the middle our DLine was ineffective

[knapplc]

The crowd went absolutely ballistic when Fresno was down towards the NU 15-ish yard line, Crick broke through the line and was heading after Carr, and the O Lineman had him by the neck from behind. The Referee had a great view of the holding, but didn't call it. Crick just threw his arms up in the air and the whole crowd was booing.

 

There was another VERY blatant holding call later on, that they actually called, but the flag was literally stuck in the Ref's pocket. We were laughing because it took him a while to dig it out.

[VectorVictor]

And folks, this is why schools negotiate the officiating crews when scheduling home/home series--it helps negate homefield advantage.

 

On a related note--do we have a Pac-12 crew or a Big 10 crew for the Washington game? If it's the former, get ready for a whole new round of non-calls...

[Saunders]

And folks, this is why schools negotiate the officiating crews when scheduling home/home series--it helps negate homefield advantage.

 

On a related note--do we have a Pac-12 crew or a Big 10 crew for the Washington game? If it's the former, get ready for a whole new round of non-calls...

We had a Pac 12 crew last year in Seattle, so it should be a Big 10 crew this year.

[Enhance]

There's some form of holding on almost every single play. It's usually only the obvious ones that get nicked.

 

That said, these refs did not do a very good job last Saturday. The no-holding call on Crick was abysmal, especially when you consider the line judge and the head referee were very close to this action.

[RedDenver]

I fully agree that the officiating was poor. But, to be fair, they did call the game evenly for both sides. We got away with some holding ourselves, especially on that final drive. No advantage for either team, but it did help the offenses be so prolific.

[General Blackshirt]

The only reason they called holding in the first place is because the side judge got spooked by the crowd. It was a WAC crew, and they were abyssimal. Like, 05 Alamo bowl (also a WAC crew) bad. The play where fresno "recovered" Taylor's fumble out of bounds, 3 yards past the FD marker, and they gave us a 4th and 1 was ridiculous.

Alamo Bowl was Sun Belt, and that was 10000x worse.

[C N Red]

I actually think we don't allow our o-line to hold enough. Like a poster said above, do everything you have to until you get caught then you can guage the limits. It's part of the game. However, the holding calls missed by the refs Saturday were gregarious. There were jerseys completely stretched away from players pads. Those are pretty obvious and I saw many that happened right in front of officials with no flags. It wasn't the worse I've seen but it wasn't above average either.

[VectorVictor]

The only reason they called holding in the first place is because the side judge got spooked by the crowd. It was a WAC crew, and they were abyssimal. Like, 05 Alamo bowl (also a WAC crew) bad. The play where fresno "recovered" Taylor's fumble out of bounds, 3 yards past the FD marker, and they gave us a 4th and 1 was ridiculous.

Alamo Bowl was Sun Belt, and that was 10000x worse.

 

Or the 2009 Big XII title game, where the officials weren't even consistent with calls or timekeeping.

 

*THAT* was 10,000x worse, IMO.

[BigBL87]

The only reason they called holding in the first place is because the side judge got spooked by the crowd. It was a WAC crew, and they were abyssimal. Like, 05 Alamo bowl (also a WAC crew) bad. The play where fresno "recovered" Taylor's fumble out of bounds, 3 yards past the FD marker, and they gave us a 4th and 1 was ridiculous.

 

That was actually the right call. If the ball goes OB on a fumble (the OB player recovering it = going OB), the ball goes back to the spot of the fumble. It's to prevent guys from fumbling to advance the ball.

[VectorVictor]

The only reason they called holding in the first place is because the side judge got spooked by the crowd. It was a WAC crew, and they were abyssimal. Like, 05 Alamo bowl (also a WAC crew) bad. The play where fresno "recovered" Taylor's fumble out of bounds, 3 yards past the FD marker, and they gave us a 4th and 1 was ridiculous.

 

That was actually the right call. If the ball goes OB on a fumble (the OB player recovering it = going OB), the ball goes back to the spot of the fumble. It's to prevent guys from fumbling to advance the ball.

 

And this is why officials use a flag to mark the spot of the fumble, too.