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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: TXMike on February 05, 2011, 07:28:43 PM

Title: The New "Dive"
Post by: TXMike on February 05, 2011, 07:28:43 PM: He tripped right?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP4e7B652Qc
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: Rulesman on February 05, 2011, 10:18:31 PM: Right. And the crew was wearing black pants, too.
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: Kaare on February 06, 2011, 12:52:10 AM: Well, we wouldn't flag this in Europe! I'm surprised it wasn't flagged in the game though ;)
On the other hand, most of us would probably keel over after a run like that, so he should be given some slack!
Kåre Axell, Stockholm, Sweden
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: Diablo on February 06, 2011, 05:48:03 AM: When the ball carrier approaches the goalline, is that the B closing in - as if to make a tackle? What if the ball carrier decided to do a Blackmon?
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: TXMike on February 06, 2011, 06:51:45 AM: Then I would have had a video clip for the ages!!! ;D
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: NVFOA_Ump on February 06, 2011, 02:16:02 PM: Quote from: TXMike on February 05, 2011, 07:28:43 PM
He tripped right?

Looks like he tripped over the letter "L" in Look at me!
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: jrfath on February 06, 2011, 03:42:49 PM: He is on the world team...maybe he is used to playing rugby.
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: NoVaBJ on February 09, 2011, 06:33:17 PM: Quote from: jrfath on February 06, 2011, 03:42:49 PM
He is on the world team...maybe he is used to playing rugby.

That did look quite a bit like a player putting down a try (required in both rugby codes in order to score). With this knowledge and the game context, I have no foul, at least not until at least one (and maybe more) talking tos.
Title: Re: The New "Dive"
Post by: Dommer1 on February 13, 2011, 07:11:22 AM: You may decide to flag or not to flag on whatever grounds you can come up with, but I can pretty much promise you that no player thought they were playing rugby out there. These were football players playing their game - football.