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TerragonSix said:
I am still confused how the ruling on the field was a completion for a touchdown. The fact that it took ten seconds after the play was over for them to make any ruling at all indicated to me even the refs weren't sure.

And if you weren't sure, how could you know it was a catch?

The ruling on the field should've been an incomplete pass to begin with.

I was listening to the game, and DBJ made a Terry Porter reference to that play. I was thinking, "Bruh, why would you even *mention* that? We don't talk about that crap, especially not now."

But..they got the call right in the end after getting it wrong first.

PS- there has to be something that can be done with fake injury TO's. VT was going all FIU on us.
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100% in those situations the ref needs to call incomplete and let replay prove it, when in doubt seeing it live.
 
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ThomasM said:
I'd still be looking for the catch if we were on the other end of it. They NEVER had control of the ball. Whoever called it a TD needs to have their vision checked.
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This is the whole problem with the replay system. The ref made a horrible call on the field and now there has to be “irrefutable evidence” to overturn the bad call. The dude clearly didn’t have control of the ball on the play but the referee just shrugged his shoulders and called it a touchdown. Probably the same referee that was throwing PI flags against us from 40 yards away.
 
TerragonSix said:
I am still confused how the ruling on the field was a completion for a touchdown. The fact that it took ten seconds after the play was over for them to make any ruling at all indicated to me even the refs weren't sure.

And if you weren't sure, how could you know it was a catch?

The ruling on the field should've been an incomplete pass to begin with.

I was listening to the game, and DBJ made a Terry Porter reference to that play. I was thinking, "Bruh, why would you even *mention* that? We don't talk about that crap, especially not now."

But..they got the call right in the end after getting it wrong first.

PS- there has to be something that can be done with fake injury TO's. VT was going all FIU on us.
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It's hilarious to me that the argument is "I mean it blatantly wasn't a TD, but once they've made that ruling on the field there isn't enough evidence on replay to overturn that obviously incorrect decision".
 
Anyone who sees this and says this is a catch is either blind or a true hater. It’s clear as day that is not a catch. Shout tot the refs for fixing their mistake. Cal is gonna get a beat down next week believe that.
 
Didn’t one of the announcers say at one point very early after it was ruled a catch something to the effect of “it was ruled a TD, they cannot review it / the game is over”?
 
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I 100% agree it was not a completion but being that it was called a completion on the field I thought it was going to be difficult to over turn. Very bad night for the officials.
 
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The part I don’t get is I’m seeing so many people say he had possession for a millisecond (disagree), but just because you have possession for a millisecond in the end zone doesn’t mean you caught it. Seems like people forgot what it takes to be a catch. PLUS Horton is OB while the ball is still moving and anyone secured the ball. Play is over. Let them ***** let them moan.
 
Rellyrell said:
The refs were bad on both ends; they wiped out a TD for VT on a botched holding call, they missed an egregious block in the back against VT that sprung a run.

In the end, this was the absolutely right call. One angle looked like he came down w/ the ball, & it was ripped out after the play was over, but it was clear that bro never had possession of the ball, & that’s on him. Get stronger hands, & learn to secure. Any VT fan arguing against this call should blame their dumb *** coach for that dumb trick play to take 3 off the board, squib kicking to give us 3 before HT, & not running the ball on their 2nd to last possession, going 3 & out.

Blame ur players for not sacking Cam Ward. We won that game, as ugly as it may have been, & VT can blame themselves for losing it. Blaming the refs is low hanging fruit, ESPECIALLY when this **** legit didn’t catch the ball & had two opportunities to do so.
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Corch Pry is now 1-10 in one score games.

That is a large enough sample size to know that he is corchin in these moments.

He corches with the emotion of a fan.

As a massive underdog on the road with a chance to get a 13 point lead with the flow and feel of the game, the time left, to not take the points is wild.

They hadn’t actually stopped us all game. A real coach not a super fan would recognize that.

Then after he lets a minute run off the clock before taking a timeout he’s running along the bench telling players to stand up for the drive. Dude is clueless.

Manny Diaz without a lisp.
 
skyman said:
These fans complaining, can we ask them who clearly caught that ball and at what point can they show him catching the ball with control?
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They can't and won't answer that question because they know there is no answer. I don't really see anyone arguing he had possession and then it was ripped out, or he had possession and it was a simultaneous catch with the defender.

The only argument right now is the call on the field should've stood. That's it. Everyone who's arguing it, if they're being honest, knows that's a terrible call on the field. But they just want it to stand.

The person I want to explain themselves is the ref who made the call a TD. The baseline and sideline ref literally came together asking what the other ref saw as Miami is running away with the football. So how are you calling a TD? Who caught it, and when?
 
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They should direct their anger at their coach. He’s the one who lost them the game. That stupid *** fake field goal was one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen. Then the team’s clock management on the final drive was so bad even Mario was like “yo, that sucks”.
 
Canes Legacy said:
This really wouldn’t have been a controversial overturn if Andre Ware didn’t say 1,253 times that there wasn’t enough to overturn it despite it being obvious. He set the narrative with everyone watching.
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Ware saying it 1,253 times there wasn't enough evidence and the ref not explaining why they reversed the call made it controversial. All the ref had to say was, "After further review, the ruling on the field is overturned and is an incomplete pass. The ball was moving around and never completely possessed in the field of play. The ball was finally possessed by the Miami defender who was out of bounds, resulting in an incomplete pass. Game over."
 
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