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Passive aggressive frustrations from the AF game officials

wyopig

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There were a couple things that drove me nuts at the AF game that I noticed again when I watched a replay. First of all, on our kickoff after our FG that tied the game, AF didn't field the ball. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a kickoff a live ball? The refs blew the play dead as the ball crossed the goal line. We could have covered that ball in the endzone for a TD.

I also got mad that the refs stopped the clock on the final drive when Jalen Claiborne caught the ball and went down in-bounds. He slid out of bounds, but his knees and ass were on the ground as he did so. I thought they were just stopping the clock to move the chains, but they treated it as though he was out of bounds.

Of course it was frustrating when the refs stopped the quick snap on the 4th down play.

Anyway, do I have a misunderstanding of the rules here? I think I remember Wyoming scoring a touchdown on Utah State a few years back when they didn't cover a kickoff in the endzone. Why were the refs stopping the clock? We could have scored with 20 seconds left (or less if Wick didn't get taken out of bounds on 1st and goal).
 
wyopig said:
There were a couple things that drove me nuts at the AF game that I noticed again when I watched a replay. First of all, on our kickoff after our FG that tied the game, AF didn't field the ball. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a kickoff a live ball? The refs blew the play dead as the ball crossed the goal line. We could have covered that ball in the endzone for a TD.

I also got mad that the refs stopped the clock on the final drive when Jalen Claiborne caught the ball and went down in-bounds. He slid out of bounds, but his knees and ass were on the ground as he did so. I thought they were just stopping the clock to move the chains, but they treated it as though he was out of bounds.

Of course it was frustrating when the refs stopped the quick snap on the 4th down play.

Anyway, do I have a misunderstanding of the rules here? I think I remember Wyoming scoring a touchdown on Utah State a few years back when they didn't cover a kickoff in the endzone. Why were the refs stopping the clock? We could have scored with 20 seconds left (or less if Wick didn't get taken out of bounds on 1st and goal).

If the ball hits the end zone in the NCAA it is dead, it is only live in the NFL.

If the clock did stop with Claiborne's catch that would've been incorrect

The ref preventing the quick snap had everyone upset, that was ridiculous
 
Has the endzone rule changed in the past few years? Like, when they changed the kickoff and touchback position? We did score on Utah State the year we lost by a million in Logan by covering a kickoff in the endzone that the Aggies didn't field. The ball didn't touch anyone. It just came to rest in the endzone, Wyoming jumped on it, and the refs gave us 6 points.
 
ARTICLE 7. a. When a free kick untouched by Team B touches the ground on
or behind Team B’s goal line, the ball becomes dead and belongs to Team B.

ARTICLE 9. The ball becomes dead and belongs to the team defending its goal
line when a scrimmage kick that has crossed the neutral zone is subsequently
untouched by Team B before touching the ground on or behind Team B’s goal
line (Rule 8-4-2-b) (A.R. 6-3-9-I-II).
 
I'm trying to remember what the rule is . I remember the Utah state game too.

I think as long as it hits the ground before landing in the end zone it's a live ball. I remember thinking they got that call wrong.

I'm not a college official though and can't find the rule online
 
A good page of reference for kickoffs and punts:

https://www.arbitersports.com/MyRefereeApp/Print.aspx?mod=PrintArticle&pid=112122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
Thanks. I trust you that the rule is in effect now. It must have changed in the last couple years.
 
Here it is. 35 seconds in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-3xhKsMxYE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
It bounced in the field of play, then went into the end zone, thus making it a live ball. If the ball had hit on the goal line, or behind the goal line first without landing in the field of play, it is a dead ball.
 
CowboyNV said:
It bounced in the field of play, then went into the end zone, thus making it a live ball. If the ball had hit on the goal line, or behind the goal line first without landing in the field of play, it is a dead ball.

was thinking the same thing!
:tickedoff:
 
CowboyNV said:
It bounced in the field of play, then went into the end zone, thus making it a live ball. If the ball had hit on the goal line, or behind the goal line first without landing in the field of play, it is a dead ball.

It bounced in the field of play against AF. It eventually rolled out the back of the endzone, but not so quickly that we couldn't have covered it.
 
If you go to about the 3:50 mark on the replay on espn3.com or the watch espn app, you'll see the kickoff.
 
Apart form the 4th down, I was also frustrated that the officials did not do more to control the chippiness - particularly from AFA. You don't want to kill the emotion, but there was a lot of extra-curricular activity after the whistle (I am looking at you No. 97)...that was BS.
 
at Utah State the refs ruled that the ball touched the Utah State player - thus it was a live ball.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-3xhKsMxYE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kickoff that play is at 37 seconds in.

Walsh said the ball went between his legs. I can't tell if he touched it or not.

I was at the game but my seats were in the endzone and they were kicking off away from me and so I was about 140 yards away from where the play happened.

I can't tell if he touched it or not.

I think the ball against AFA should have been a live ball.
 
My memory of it was that it touched a player before it went into the enzone making it a live ball. If it goes into the enzone without touching anyone its a dead ball.

laxwyo said:
White jersey brown pants and brown helmet was sharp

It was my favorite look and I was waiting to see it in a game then this was the first game they wore that combo and never wore it again that I remember. Guess they retired it after the outcome.
 
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