Mountain West Football Week 13 What We Learned: Rose Bowl For TCU

Thanks for reminding me of that, I almost forgot. That was hysterical, I was crying laughing. Thank goodness for the “7 second rewind button” on DVR, I must have watched that ten times yesterday.

Is North Texas’s old coach, I believe.

First, I admit that I thought it was the wrong call at first. But I have a DVR and watched every view of the play repeatedly to try and see what happened and this is what I came up with.

It is true the replay showed the BYU player had his knee down. It did not show he had possession of the ball when his knee was down. After multiple viewings I think he did NOT have possession at the time his knee was down. Unfortunately I am not 100% sure, but If I were to bet I would say he did not have possession. Due to the uncertainty the correct call is to make the call on the field stand. Here are the reasons I say this.

1) There was no replay that gives 100% confirmation if BYU had possession at the time of the fumble; however, there is one very good angle that would have been perfect except for one thing. The ref was in the way. It is clear that the ref had an excellent view of what was happening. The ref is the only one who I believe got a 100% good view of who had possession. Therefore letting the play on the field stand is justified.

2) At the time the knee was down you can see the Utah player ripping the football away from the BYU player. The ball is up by the shoulder but you can not see the BYU players hand. If you slow motion forward a few frames you can see the ball being ripped away from the BYU player and the shot opens up to a clear view. If The BYU player had possession you would expect to see his hand there as the ball is ripped away. Instead you just see empty space. If you continue the frame on slow motion some more you see the BYU players hand on the ground bracing himself from the fall.

3) If you rewind the play you can see the BYU player running with the ball way out in space. He is not protecting the ball like he should.

All these things do not add up to 100% evidence; however, I do think they are enough to let the ruling on the field stand.

I’ve admitted the SDSU call was wrong. EVERY BYU fan would tell you that. 2 wrongs don’t make a right though Mauss.

You can’t justify that the frUtes or the Aztecs would have won the game. BYU was leading in both games at the time of the bad call. It’s a shame the refs and booth didn’t let the kids decide.

You’re the one using “excuses” to explain why the call went your way.

2 things for you and Mauss to consider….

1) I didn’t and don’t agree with BYU getting the ball in SDSU game.

2) Either way, if the replays were called correctly (SDSU getting the ball, BYU getting the ball) there’s nothing that SDSU or Utah could provide to “prove” that they would have won the game. BYU had the lead at the time that both of those plays occurred. Point is, let the players decide the game… not the refs or the booth.

Gambit, are you trying to coach me? Hey, how about coaching your “star” QB recruits to not throw picks. Are you serious? Your frUte made way more mistakes than BYU, especially if that’s the one you’re going to point the finger at. What a tool.

What I did have a problem with was the play call (though if Hoffmann had caught that, I would have been thrilled).

your frUte goggles are hilarious. Enjoy your 10-2(*) season. I love the nosedive from #5 to #20, down another to #21 today. What happened to your NC that you were beaming about heading into the TCU game? At least our team isn’t being called “frauds” by every analyst.

But I did feel like BYU played better most of the game, and has the better QB (at least going forward).

And really, records aside, I don’t think either team really has a lot to gloat about. That game could have gone either way.