I’ve always thought announcers are a little too hard on receivers, possibly because there are so many old QBs in the booth.
There’s a lot of “maybe not a perfect ball but you have to catch that!” when the replay actually shows the ball on his wrong shoulder, or behind him while the route has him sprinting, or the poor kid is completely screened by a closing defender on an underthrown ball. A lot of times it was a miracle the receiver got a hand on it at all, but as soon as he does it becomes his fault.
I’m excited for this game. I always am so football-starved by the time week 0 hits thay I dive in and end up watching a lot of blowouts since most teams schedule cupcakes for the first week (which is fine, that’s how it works). So I plan to really savor this game. But I’ve probably jinxed it and now it’ll also be a blowout.
They’re acting like that interview was live but you could see refs hanging around on the field behind him lol. And a HC would never not be watching the game
Yeah he was saying the hit caused his arm to go forward and I was like “the rule is just if his arm is going forward when the ball is released so the reasoning you’re giving just confirms it’s an incomplete pass” lol
FSU’s OL showed a lot of improvement last year but they’ve really struggled today. Could be that LSU’s D is just playing really well but I hope Travis isn’t running for his life all year like he used to have to do.
I think that’s the right call, but I was just thinking of a way to make it less subjective. Let me know what you guys think.
What if it was only a pass if it makes it past the line of scrimmage? That would mean that forward screens behind the line that are dropped would be fumbles, but it’d mean that stuff like this that I think most people think feel like fumbles wouldn’t get called passes because the hit caused the QB’s arm to go forward.
Interesting. Would that make multi-forward passes legal? Not full-blown like in the XFL, but if the first one is behind LOS then you could design some intriguing plays
I thought of that. I guess I wouldn’t have too much of an issue with it since the first pass would still have to be behind the LOS so I don’t think it’d be much of a change since you can have the receiver/second passer just stand slightly further back right now and do the same thing. Probably a slight advantage but it also means you’re probably closer to defenders (since they might just think it’s a screen).
Well that’s schadenfreude blueballs for this Gator. After Week One, looks like college football has jumped the shark. Give me realignment rumors and NFL, please.
Do they just not practice special teams? Games are won and lost on special teams. Although as I write that, an interception makes this comment sort of irrelevant
It seems to be a trend in college where not much emphasis is put on special teams. They get a lot less practice time than NFL so I can get it to a certain extent but it’s still really important.
I think it was Iowa State that went multiple years in a row without a ST coach even though they had troubles with it every year.
I disagree with that. I couldn’t hear a whistle so I wouldn’t doubt the players didn’t hear it. And they didn’t even tackle him, they were pushing him because they were waiting for the whistle and then he went down.
Is it just me or have there been a lot of late hit out of bounds calls this week? Maybe that's normal for week 1 but I don't remember so many in previous years
And the announcers didn’t even say anything. Honestly I’m thinking I might be misremembering the rule.
Now that I think of it, he might’ve still been in the tackle box. I still would’ve liked to see it since he was scrambling but I feel better about it now.
I don’t get what the announcers are saying, the defender didn’t even start the tackle until Travis was already on the ground. It was absolutely a late hit. If that’s allowed, why would a QB ever slide?
The way I saw it, he slid into a defender which arrested his slide. The other defenders would not have hit him had the QB not suddenly stopped. Could've been called either way imo
Maybe I need to watch it again but the guy I’m talking about was still fully upright when Travis hit the ground. Then he bent over and dove at him and hit him around the legs shortly after Travis slid into the other defender. If the slide hadn’t been interrupted, I think the defender would’ve hit him right in the head. But it’s hard to know for sure when you just get the one replay.