[personal] Re: [Husker] Observations from the stands

[Pat Gaule]

Tony Lambert wrote:

> I was watching the side judge to see his reaction. and it looked like 
> to me he was letting the play go. then he blew the whistle once the 
> Nebraska player was past mid field. can someone who was on the east 
> side tell us if the whistle blew the play dead right away. or was 
> there a delay in blowing the play dead ?BTW i was in the s.w. endzone.

I was in the northeast endzone and this is what happened.  The ref made 
a big mistake in blowing the play dead, as it could have been reviewed 
after Nebraska recovered and ran it back for the touchdown.  My guess is 
that most of the refs were thinking this, but one of them had a brainfart.