Tears Hokie Tears

[Stats02]

Astonishing. Look I get it, if it stood, we would be ****ed. But when I keep seeing national media saying that it was the correct call, go cry to someone else...

While driving today, I was listening to one of the programs/podcasts on a sirius xm channel. They were talking about a variety of things and eventually the Miami/VT game came up. I can't remember the name of the program, but one of the hosts said he couldn't believe they even called it a catch in the first place with absolutely 0 evidence to support that call.

 

[CaneinBroward]

Take the ACC to court for a bad call?

They should boycott the rest of the season?

They should leave the ACC???

What a fanbase with a bloated level of self-importance. Please, choose any of those options Hokie-ville. Specifically the last one. The exit fee would be nice and so would be the media rights fees (although how much could that be for an independent Hokie program?).

 

[Golsen82]

Yea and Terry porters flag should be picked up and reversed. ******* whiny *******

 

[pyhooya]

Anybody want to tell them the last play was reversed.........................to an incomplete pass

 

[Canesrule230]

Vt’s trying to challenge fsu for most b*tch *** fanbase when it comes to crying when they don’t get what they want.

 

[IbzRlz]

Bogus holding call on Bell, terrible PI call on OJ, two #17s on the field goal at the end of the first half, and absolutely no evidence for the refs to call that TD in the first place. These guys are rapidly ascending the list of delusional fanbases

 

[JayCane20]

Someone give me a thread of the media members acknowledging the right call was made.

I need to know who isn’t a clown and who not to hate. I’m sick of seeing the people complaining about indisputable evidence when it’s clear as day. I’m so skeptical of this staff and program and its preparation I’d be the first one admitting if it was a bad call and we got saved. Game is over and nothing will change and I wouldn’t even care to admit it.

The rules expert in the broadcast was even saying the ball was moving very early in the review before I even calmed down enough to look at the TV. Him saying that is what made me actually want to look

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Someone give me a thread of the media members acknowledging the right call was made.

I need to know who isn’t a clown and who not to hate. I’m sick of seeing the people complaining about indisputable evidence when it’s clear as day. I’m so skeptical of this staff and program and its preparation I’d be the first one admitting if it was a bad call and we got saved. Game is over and nothing will change and I wouldn’t even care to admit it.

The rules expert in the broadcast was even saying the ball was moving very early in the review before I even calmed down enough to look at the TV. Him saying that is what made me actually want to look

It's very simple.

Seven guys left their feet. Three on offense, four on defense.

Therefore, ANY of those seven (either making a reception or interception) needed to survive contact with the ground for a catch to be made. Those are just the rules of football (as amended since all the controversies about what constitutes a catch).

As Matt Austin, the ESPN rules expert, clearly stated (and the video clearly supported), the ball was tumbling and bumbling from the first moment it touched a hand until the final moment when Isaiah Horton snatched it up and ran into the middle of the field.

There were three guys who had a shot at the ball, two on offense, one on defense. If you watch the stripes on the football, it starts with the receiver who did NOT catch it, slides through Horton's grasp, and comes the closest to being possessed by Felton as they all fell to the ground.

HOWEVER, even Felton never had firm control, which can be seen in the side view shot (from the vicinity of the goal post base), as the ball continues to squirm and tumble even as it seems to be settling on top of Felton's body.

And AT THAT POINT Isaiah Horton has the mental wherewithal to keep swiping at the moving ball. Nobody in that mass of 7 bodies knew who was inbounds and who was out-of-bounds. But Horton kept the jiggling ball in constant motion, ultimately swiping it away and into his own possession.

But because Horton was already out-of-bounds, the ball was BY RULE an incompletion. Not "by judgment", but BY RULE. Once a NOT-firmly-controlled ball is touched by any out-of-bounds player (offense or defense), the ball is incomplete and the play is over. BY RULE.

**** VaTech.

 

[Canesrule230]

I felt a little pity for how their fanbase reacted. There was a lot of “ACC trying to protect the bigger brand”, “Schools with more $ always get treated better”, and “Tech always gets passed over” sentiment on social media from them.

They’ve lost a lot of self respect since Beamer left that program. I know they’ve never won a NC but at a time they were a respected program and now it feels like even their own fans don’t have pride.

Seems like schools like Oregon and Utah are now what VT used to be.

 

[TemplarCane]

The only legitimate criticisms of the call were one, it was ruled a touchdown in the first place, after a discussion by refs, and two, the official not announcing a reason for the reversal of call. Usually a reversal is proceeded with a reason.

“After further review…the player caught the ball in bounds…or out of bounds…or the runner’s knee was down…”

All we got after five minutes or more was “after further review, the ruling on the field is reversed, the pass is incomplete”. Maybe not the exact quote but close enough.

I think had the referee said “after further review, the ball was never controlled and was touched by a defender out of bounds, therefore by rule the pass is incomplete” some of this nonsense would be limited to disgruntled illiterate Hokie fans.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

VaTech gonna use this game to get out of the ACC?

Hilarious...

 

[TheOriginalCane]

You mean, the reversal done by the ACC video review staff? How would that be "illegal"?

 

[Glow]

 

[TheOriginalCane]

These Hokie gaslighters are trying to convince us that THIS is a catch:

 

[Negro-Wan Kanobi]

*Turkey Tears*
Or
*Gobbler Tears*

 

[Glow]

Imagine calling the Miami Hurricanes the ACC’s golden child

 

[Golsen82]

Yea and Terry porters flag should be picked up and reversed. ******* whimy

It's very simple.

Seven guys left their feet. Three on offense, four on defense.

Therefore, ANY of those seven (either making a reception or interception) needed to survive contact with the ground for a catch to be made. Those are just the rules of football (as amended since all the controversies about what constitutes a catch).

As Matt Austin, the ESPN rules expert, clearly stated (and the video clearly supported), the ball was tumbling and bumbling from the first moment it touched a hand until the final moment when Isaiah Horton snatched it up and ran into the middle of the field.

There were three guys who had a shot at the ball, two on offense, one on defense. If you watch the stripes on the football, it starts with the receiver who did NOT catch it, slides through Horton's grasp, and comes the closest to being possessed by Felton as they all fell to the ground.

HOWEVER, even Felton never had firm control, which can be seen in the side view shot (from the vicinity of the goal post base), as the ball continues to squirm and tumble even as it seems to be settling on top of Felton's body.

And AT THAT POINT Isaiah Horton has the mental wherewithal to keep swiping at the moving ball. Nobody in that mass of 7 bodies knew who was inbounds and who was out-of-bounds. But Horton kept the jiggling ball in constant motion, ultimately swiping it away and into his own possession.

But because Horton was already out-of-bounds, the ball was BY RULE an incompletion. Not "by judgment", but BY RULE. Once a NOT-firmly-controlled ball is touched by any out-of-bounds player (offense or defense), the ball is incomplete and the play is over. BY RULE.

**** VaTech.

Andre Ware musta not heard matt Austin. Ware was sickening

 

[PennsylvaniaCane]

What the narrative really should be is for the second year in row, an on field official made a call against Miami that was and/or should have been overturned. These were big play calls that always seem to go against us on the field.

The Hail Mary saturday
The fumble last year against GT
The safety against Clemson
The safety against FSU

Each of these were huge plays where the on field official makes a call against Miami even though during the live play the official was in perfect position and for the viewer at home it was clearly not what was called on the field. The 3 big ones last year obviously went against us even during the video review while Saturday obviously was in our favor

I’d even add little plays like Jacolby’s first down catch that they marked him a yard and a half short. Watching it at home it was clear he had made the line before he was being driven back. I couldn’t believe when the official marked it short.

I’d like to see a breakdown of how many video reviews we have had and out of them how many of the original calls had gone against us.

 

[OldhamA]

I feel like we've got a front row seat to a mass hysteria event.

I can't understand how anyone in their right mind views that as a catch. The person at fault here is the referee that ruled it a TD to begin with - he was unsighted at best and bent at worst.

 

[TheEye]

That always ends well.