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1mg of Epi said:
Eric Mac Lane said on his pod the replay booth had a clear video, that wasn’t shown on the broadcast or in the stadium, that was irrefutable proof of no catch… This fits that description.

Why the **** wouldn’t they blast it everywhere?
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Why did the review take over 5 minutes if the replay booth had irrefutable proof of no catch?
 
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The only thing that would make the tears even better is if it were actually a catch and missed call.
 
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NJshoreCane said:
If it's the same kicker, didn't the dude just kick a 58 yarder?
Put the **** thing in the West endzone, 5th row!

He's LUCKY the game was, so-called,"controversial".
I hope they didn't let him off the hook.
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I believe they used a different kicker. Because, you know, the guy who kicked long FGs was #17.
 
Lokest said:
College football fans truly are a bunch of ******* idiots for seeing this as controversial

How the **** do you see the football immediately pop out after a group of players hit the ground, then follow up with slow motion replay from multiple angles of the ball moving around in that mass of bodies, and think anyone in the pile completed the catch?
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Sports fans are tribal, and see things the way they want to see them. Same goes with politics.

As a football fan I try to be objective. What I saw last Friday night was disgusting. That officiating crew made me think we were the old Washington Generals basketball team that was paid to lose to the Globetrotters. That game looked, well, not competitively natural. The whole game looked like the ending was being massaged into place by some very corrupt hands.

What I liked about the first 4 games was not only the fact we played well, but the officiating looked fair. Friday night was a reminder of just how much the outcome of a game can be manipulated by a rotten officiating crew. That TD was never a TD. That holding call against Bell never happened. While we didn't play perfect, we played well enough to start pulling away. They couldn't allow that to happen.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
I'll try to get the pix later.

Let's set the stage.

1. There is ONE ref in position. He is about 10 yards to the inside of the play, underneath the goalposts. Normall, on a Hail Mary where "feet in bounds" will be an issue, you would expect him to run towards the plan and have eyes on the end line and the feet. This ******* lump just stands there watching the play like he's a fan. That very same ref casually jogs over to the pile a few seconds after everyone lands. He is actually beaten to the pile by a ref who has run in from outside the end zone, meaning all refs were 10-20 yards away from the play when it happened, a TERRIBLE position to be in to check feet-in-bounds and/or control of the ball at the time of the catch. I'm not sure I've ever seen refs be SO out of position for the MOST consequential play when you know EXACTLY where the ball is going.

2. After Isaiah Horton has run the ball OUT of the end zone, a third ref jogs into the scrum. Keep in mind, there were EIGHT players there, 5 defenders and 3 receivers. That is 36% of all the players on the field for that play, and yet no ref is on the spot to make the call. One ref is 10 yards away yanking his pud underneath the goalposts. The fastest ref comes from outside the end zone (presumably he was watching the near pylon). The latest ref seems like he jogged in from the far pylon. And yet THIS is the braintrust of ****nuts who are going to belatedly, and from a distance, decide if a catch was made that they simply DID NOT see, with the possible exception of the pud-puller under the goalposts.

3. Then, between the camera following Horton and the Hard Rock party staff turning out the lights, we cannot see the "call on the field". However, by the time we see VaTech's lane holding up his arms in the fake-TD motion, not one single other ref has shown up to huddle and discuss the play. Fortunately, ESPN gave us gratuitous shots of VaTech players taunting the Miami players with Cam's "celebration" thing that he does.

4. Let's break down the play from the front. We have a 5-3 player advantage, though OJ Frederique doesn't participate in the action. Thus, SEVEN players all jump for the ball at the same time. There is an Oreo white creme center of three VaTech players in white jerseys. The 2 guys that you can clearly see are Felton and Gosnell. The chocolate cookie bracket has Dyoni Hill and Meesh Powell to the inside (towards the goalposts), Isaiah Horton to the back, and Jadais Richard to the outside (towards the sideline).

5. It looke like Hill has a shot. He jumps highest, but too soon and farthest from the end line. His hand swats at, but does not make contact with, the ball. Meesh Powel comes in from the side and his left hand makes contact at the same time Felton's does. The opposing forces seem to push the ball a bit closer to Felton. It also looks like Gosnell and Horton may have made some minor contact at this initial point. Lane may have touched it too, but his momentum carries him the farthest from the ball of the VaTech players, and Meesh falls the farthest from the ball of the UM players.

6. Now the ball is tumbling downwards, its in-air flight has ceased, and 7 guys (six if you exclude Dyoni Hill who jumped the highest, but too soon) are trying to get their hands on the pigskin. At FIRST TOUCH, one point of the ball is facing towards the QB and you can see a white stripe. As the ball is MOSTLY going towards Felton, it gets rotated, so that the points of the ball are facing either sideline, and now the strip faces towards the QB, but from a side view. This is the point where Horton side-corrals the ball with his forearm and begins to prevent Felton from getting firm control. It is important to note at this point that most of the feet are touching the ground, with the notable exception of Gosnell. BUT NOBODY HAS FIRM CONTROL.

7. Now you have the jostling. As Horton's butt hits the ground, his forearm grasp of the ball is dislodged due to physics. The ball keeps moving downwards and appears to be making its way to Felton, who landed before Horton and thus is not bouncing back upwards a bit at the same time Horton is. At this point, the ball is roughly BETWEEN Felton and Horton, but the motion of the ball has been heading towards Felton. Unfortunately, Horton now falls backward, which is when his elbow and backside make contact with out-of-bounds. Any "not in firm control" touching by Horton at this point will render the pass incomplete, as NOBODY has secured the ball through the contact with the ground. And as Horton falls backwards, the ball begins to clearly move towards Felton, THOUGH THE BALL IS STILL SQUIRMING AROUND.

8. Now Felton attempts to curl his body to hug the ball, much as you would do for a fumble. But at this point, Horton has returned from the grave like The Undertaker, and begins to get handsy. So here is the important part about control of the ball surviving a player's contact with the ground. From the side view, AT FIRST you can see Felton trying to wedge the ball between his right forearm above the ball and his left forearm under the ball. Neither of his Nike-gloved hands are controlling the ball. And the way you can tell that is by FOLLOWING THE STRIPE on the ball. FIRST, the ball is sideways, with each point facing away from Felton's body to his left and right, while the fat part of the ball is against his breastplate. SECOND, you can see the ball squirting to Felton's right and downward towards Horton's junk. The reason you can follow the movement is because the white stripe disappears behind Horton's gracefully upward leaning thigh.

9. Now Felton realizes he is ******* this up. He's got to put a ring on this football. He's got to lock that **** down. But now Horton's miraculous adidas-gloved left hand comes into play. Horton firmly reaches around the ball and begins to pull down and to the left. DOWN AND TO THE LEFT. And because he is out-of bounds, this is the moment that the pass becomes incomplete and the play ends. Even if Felton were to belatedly acquire firm control after this, IT IS TOO LATE. And this is where the ball pops upward. Even the most dishonest VaTech player cannot possibly deny that NOBODY has the ball at this point. Meaning, the catch has not survived the contact with the ground, there was NOT firm control throughout the catch, descent, and contact with the ground. Game over.

10. After this, Horton does a sit-up to cradle the ball to his chest, while Felton and Gosnell are desperately swiping at the largest third ******** you've ever seen. Elephantitis of the football nuts. And if Horton wasn't already out of bounds, we could have called this one the Crotch Catch. But it doesn't matter what happens here BECAUSE THE BALL IS ALREADY INCOMPLETE. To quote a very funny SNL sketch with Jesse Jackson, "THE QUESTION IS MOOT!" Game over, man, game over. It's over, Johnny, it's over. The Germans have bombed Pearl Harbor.



I'll try to use a bigger screen to get pictures of all these great family memories, but until then, rewatch the video and ask yourself if a single word is wrong.

Spoiler alert, the answer is "no".
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Could you please break down the JFK assassination for us?
 
Empirical Cane said:
Baptize in the River Brent!

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Trav said:
If the roles were reversed and we were chucking that Hail Mary *nobody* in the country (expect some on this board) would be saying it was a catch.
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Under your scenarios, I would be saying it was a catch. I would, my friend. But mostly because I am a blind, desperate, homer.
 
ICANEDOIT said:
Under your scenarios, I would be saying it was a catch. I would, my friend. But mostly because I am a blind, desperate, homer.
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He DID say "(except some on this board)".

You are the exception that proves the rule. Or the example that proves the rule. Or something.
 
I get why VT fans are miffed about the call. But anyone else who is up in arms about it are just Miami haters and don’t want us anywhere near the top of CFB. We are the team everyone loves to hate. The villains, if you will. The whole country wets their pants when we’re good.
 
Us Against The World said:
I get why VT fans are miffed about the call. But anyone else who is up in arms about it are just Miami haters and don’t want us anywhere near the top of CFB. We are the team everyone loves to hate. The villains, if you will. The whole country wets their pants when we’re good.
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I like how so many Oregon fans are salty about this.

Would love to see Oregon v Miami in the playoffs, they think Miami is overrated they better check the food on their own stove.
 
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