AU/Cackalacky endgame over analysis

[WarDamn219 0]

This guy went way overboard with the analysis and had some decent points...but this was a bit mu h. Spurrier and Greasy screwed the pooch for the yardbirds.

http://cfn.scout.com/2/557921.html

War Damn 0:00!!

[kingofhill1 2]

The rule can be changed. Maybe it ought to be changed. Until it is, you have to live with the rule. I remember a similar yet different situation that cost Auburn dearly many years ago. In the 1974 Iron Bowl Gossom scored what would have been the winning touchdown. Unfortunately the touchdown was taken away. The bammer defensive back pushed Gossom out of bounds. He came back in bounds and caught the pass and scored. The rules at the time stated that if you stepped out of bounds for any reason you could not come back in bounds and catch a pass. The rule was later changed so that if you were pushed out of bounds by a defensive player you could come back in and catch a pass. Had the rules been that way at the time Auburn likely wins that game. They got down early and Gargis led them on an unbelievable comeback that fell just short. The rule as it was at the time played a deciding role in that.

[dpwspringer 0]

This guy went way overboard with the analysis and had some decent points...but this was a bit mu h. Spurrier and Greasy screwed the pooch for the yardbirds.

http://cfn.scout.com/2/557921.html

War Damn 0:00!!

Hey Gamecocks: with 8 seconds on the clock, no time outs, down by 3 points, and sitting 10 yards or more out of field goal range... YOU DO NOT THROW THE BALL FOR A SHORT GAIN DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AFTER SCRAMBLING FOR A FEW SECONDS BECAUSE TIME WILL RUN OUT BEFORE YOU CAN GET ANOTHER PLAY OFF even if you make a first down.  You either take the ball to the end zone or take it QUICKLY to the sidelines hoping to pick up enough yards to get in field goal range while getting out-of-bounds to stop the clock with time left on it.

Garcia should have thrown quickly to the sidelines for a 10 to 15 yard gain to a receiver that could step out-of-bounds as he was catching it or over his head to stop the clock for one more play... or either thrown it to a receiver that had a chance to take it to the end zone on that play.

[bwillaub 0]

Spurrier should have saved a TO.  Nobody to blame but himself.  Nuff said.

[augolf1716 21,646]

The rule can be changed. Maybe it ought to be changed. Until it is, you have to live with the rule. I remember a similar yet different situation that cost Auburn dearly many years ago. In the 1974 Iron Bowl Gossom scored what would have been the winning touchdown. Unfortunately the touchdown was taken away. The bammer defensive back pushed Gossom out of bounds. He came back in bounds and caught the pass and scored. The rules at the time stated that if you stepped out of bounds for any reason you could not come back in bounds and catch a pass. The rule was later changed so that if you were pushed out of bounds by a defensive player you could come back in and catch a pass. Had the rules been that way at the time Auburn likely wins that game. They got down early and Gargis led them on an unbelievable comeback that fell just short. The rule as it was at the time played a deciding role in that.

I was at that game and the pass to Thom was right in front of me. Still pissed to this day about it but that was the rule back then. All Def. Backs knew it and tried to use it to their advanage

[au_weagle 0]

Yeah Spurrier didnt manage it well. His point about having two chances instead of one...it was lfat out wrong, because Spurrier miscalculated.

[Velvet Beavis 15]

I don't know what all the fuss is about.  Sure, the clock stops to reset the chains for a first down, but a first down doesn't occur until the ball is spotted and it is determined to be beyond the marker.  If you look at the replay, when his knee hit the ground with :02 left, the official who spots the ball was still catching up to the play on the sideline.  By the time he determined the spot and turned to look at the chains, time was gone.  Even though it was the end of the game, that play has to be treated like any other, and you can't go back and review every play to determine when the clock should be stopped based on when the knee goes down.

[BizEagle 79]

If you changed the rule, the officials would be resetting the clock on every play.  Think how well that would work.

[im4aual 492]

The rule can be changed. Maybe it ought to be changed. Until it is, you have to live with the rule. I remember a similar yet different situation that cost Auburn dearly many years ago. In the 1974 Iron Bowl Gossom scored what would have been the winning touchdown. Unfortunately the touchdown was taken away. The bammer defensive back pushed Gossom out of bounds. He came back in bounds and caught the pass and scored. The rules at the time stated that if you stepped out of bounds for any reason you could not come back in bounds and catch a pass. The rule was later changed so that if you were pushed out of bounds by a defensive player you could come back in and catch a pass. Had the rules been that way at the time Auburn likely wins that game. They got down early and Gargis led them on an unbelievable comeback that fell just short. The rule as it was at the time played a deciding role in that.

That one still hurts.

[Velvet Beavis 15]

SEC Supervisor of Officials explains...

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/10/sec_coordinator_of_officials_s.html