PSU Football Thread

[Staggy]

Apparently you can't ever complain about an atrocious call because your team should have just played better anyways. Even if said call directly resulted in a 9 point swing

[shafnutz05]

Funny how you say 'no one is saying that' then you go ahead and say it... :roll:

I was pointing out (as I did in my post) that PSU also let Nebraska back in the game in the third. That being said, they hung in there and we're flat out robbed of the go ahead TD late in the fourth quarter. That was a huge reason why they lost the game.

Your eye-rolling and sarcasm is a little unnecessary...did someone pee in your Cheerios today?

[MRandall25]

That was reeeeeallly close, and I guess it depends on your fandom whether it was "clearly" in or not. To me, it looked like there wasn't enough of the ball the broke the plain to give it indisputable evidence (I'm assuming the call on the field was no TD?)

[skullman80]

To be fair(and I hate PSU with a passion), it doesn't matter if there is "enough" of the ball if over the goal line, if ANY part is over the goal line it's a touchdown.

I know I'm arguing semantics here.

[MRandall25]

To be fair(and I hate PSU with a passion), it doesn't matter if there is "enough" of the ball if over the goal line, if ANY part is over the goal line it's a touchdown.

I know I'm arguing semantics here.

Right, I meant it as "it's kinda hard to see". Especially because the guy's knee is right where the goal line would be. It's also hard to tell when the player lost possession of it (IMO).

I don't think they got it over, but that's just my opinion.

[count2infinity]

That was reeeeeallly close, and I guess it depends on your fandom whether it was "clearly" in or not. To me, it looked like there wasn't enough of the ball the broke the plain to give it indisputable evidence (I'm assuming the call on the field was no TD?)

On the PSU sub-reddit a nebraska fan was explaining that all those in the student section near him were fully expecting it to be called a TD. And yes, it was called a fumble.

[MRandall25]

That was reeeeeallly close, and I guess it depends on your fandom whether it was "clearly" in or not. To me, it looked like there wasn't enough of the ball the broke the plain to give it indisputable evidence (I'm assuming the call on the field was no TD?)

On the PSU sub-reddit a nebraska fan was explaining that all those in the student section near him were fully expecting it to be called a TD. And yes, it was called a fumble.

Like I said, I just didn't see enough to turn that over. Really defines "too close to call".

[malkinshair]

That was reeeeeallly close, and I guess it depends on your fandom whether it was "clearly" in or not. To me, it looked like there wasn't enough of the ball the broke the plain to give it indisputable evidence (I'm assuming the call on the field was no TD?)

The very tip of the ball has to cross only the leading line of the endzone. The overhead shot (which showed conclusively that he had full control until the contact was made) is really the 'conclusive' evidence that should've overturned the call. You can see from the gif angle that the ball was clearly breaking the plane when the contact happened, so..........

[MRandall25]

That was reeeeeallly close, and I guess it depends on your fandom whether it was "clearly" in or not. To me, it looked like there wasn't enough of the ball the broke the plain to give it indisputable evidence (I'm assuming the call on the field was no TD?)

On the PSU sub-reddit a nebraska fan was explaining that all those in the student section near him were fully expecting it to be called a TD. And yes, it was called a fumble.

Like I said, I just didn't see enough to turn that over. Really defines "too close to call".

Also, I'd take Reddit with a grain of salt because he probably just wanted the good karma.

And malkinshair, key word there is "breaking" the plane, not "the ball had broken the plane".

[shafnutz05]

I mean, both announcers were 100% convinced it would be overturned. I'm not saying announcers know all, but...yea

[MRandall25]

And I'm not saying I know all, either. I'm just saying that, to me, it doesn't look like it got across/it wasn't clear enough to overturn the ruling on the field.

[malkinshair]

That was reeeeeallly close, and I guess it depends on your fandom whether it was "clearly" in or not. To me, it looked like there wasn't enough of the ball the broke the plain to give it indisputable evidence (I'm assuming the call on the field was no TD?)

On the PSU sub-reddit a nebraska fan was explaining that all those in the student section near him were fully expecting it to be called a TD. And yes, it was called a fumble.

Like I said, I just didn't see enough to turn that over. Really defines "too close to call".

Also, I'd take Reddit with a grain of salt because he probably just wanted the good karma.

And malkinshair, key word there is "breaking" the plane, not "the ball had broken the plane".

I was using 'breaking' in the sense that it had already 'broken' the plane. To be more precise...the tail end of the football is 'breaking' the plane (in your sense) when the contact is made. It's already been a touchdown for the entire length of the ball at that point.

[Pitt87]

Funny how you say 'no one is saying that' then you go ahead and say it...

I was pointing out (as I did in my post) that PSU also let Nebraska back in the game in the third. That being said, they hung in there and we're flat out robbed of the go ahead TD late in the fourth quarter. That was a huge reason why they lost the game.

Your eye-rolling and sarcasm is a little unnecessary...did someone pee in your Cheerios today?

Sorry, didn't mean to offend. You have to admit that fans and players, if you happened to catch McGloin's post game comments, are being a bit dramatic. Its an incredibly close call that is very hard to overturn. A little further, it happened halfway through the fourth quarter and Penn State had 2 possessions after this one.

Give the other guys some credit; Nebraska came roaring back in all three phases after halftime and nothing PSU had could stop them.

[columbia]

I was initially skeptical, but that looked like a TD.

[mac5155]

So McGloin is getting ripped in the media for his postgame comments. I hate to say I agree with him but I definitely see where he's coming from.

[relantel]

With that down the line shot, it's either clearly a TD, and thus reversed, or clearly a fumble, and thus confirmed. The point of contact that knocked the ball out is clear. I don't see how the replay official can tell ESPN they "thought" the ball was coming out - the "call stands" announcement doesn't fit with the video. If the replay official indeed thought that, it should have been "confirmed".

[MRandall25]

The call stands because the replay official didn't have enough to overturn nor confirm it.

[mac5155]

Not sure what more he needs...

[count2infinity]

Well, it's done and over now. No need to harp on it. It's clearly a touchdown, but the call didn't go PSU's way. Focus on Indiana and Whiskey.

[DropEmJayBird]

The call has nothing to do with whether the ball crossed the goal line. It was the opinion of the official, and mine to when seeing it the first time, that as the PSU player goes to extend the ball, he loses control. This happens around the 1 yard line or so I would say.

That's why the ball is so far forward in his hands. To me, it looked like in his thrust to move it forward, he lost it, and his hands were just following the ball at that point, going with the motion so to speak.

[canaan]

not that it matters anything, but i couldnt disagree any more with your view of it.

[count2infinity]

The call has nothing to do with whether the ball crossed the goal line. It was the opinion of the official, and mine to when seeing it the first time, that as the PSU player goes to extend the ball, he loses control. This happens around the 1 yard line or so I would say.

That's why the ball is so far forward in his hands. To me, it looked like in his thrust to move it forward, he lost it, and his hands were just following the ball at that point, going with the motion so to speak.

[DontToewsMeBro]

The call has nothing to do with whether the ball crossed the goal line. It was the opinion of the official, and mine to when seeing it the first time, that as the PSU player goes to extend the ball, he loses control. This happens around the 1 yard line or so I would say.

That's why the ball is so far forward in his hands. To me, it looked like in his thrust to move it forward, he lost it, and his hands were just following the ball at that point, going with the motion so to speak.

I usually don't say things like this but your opinion about where he lost the ball is objectively false. Pretty obvious he had full control of the ball up until contact was made. Unless you are saying that he somehow threw the ball in front of himself while holding onto it in his hands and the defenders leg just happened to hit the ball while it was in mid-air or something.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal ... -touchdown

[DropEmJayBird]

Let me put it this way.

the ball moved in his hands. He went from holding it at its widest point - to holding it at the tip as he extended it.

That means the ball moved in his hands - the officials saw this and simply said when you go to extend the football, and it moves from you holding the largest part to just holding the tip - we are assuming you do not have control of the football.

[bh]

This is my new favorite gif!