[NU Sports] Yesterday's video review

[Jonathan Hodges]

I'll have to watch the replay because it was really tough to see what
happened live at the game.  It appeared as though the ball hit an NU blocker
(the kick didn't seem to get that close to Smith), followed by an EMU
recovery.  The problem with the kick was that it was so short and there were
multiple NU blockers near the ball where it came down.  The issue seemed to
be that Smith never really made a big effort to approach the ball - if he
would have been closer a fair catch interference call could have been a
possibility, but he was just too far away.

Jonathan

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Clark Zahn <clzahn at mindspring.com> wrote:

> The "halo rule" was repealed and it appeared that an NU blocker caused the
> EMU guy to collide with Brendan
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> Jim Leonard wrote:
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>> Does anyone have a clear explanation of what happened in the second half
>> yesterday when we turned the ball over on the punt?
>> It looked like Brendan Smith called for a fair catch and an EMU player
>> interfered with his ability to catch it. That was lame, but it happens. So
>> they give the ball to EMU 1st and 10. EMU runs a play. My understanding is
>> that once you have another snap, the previous play cannot be reviewed.
>> So the refs set the ball up for 2nd and 7 (thereby clearly acknowledging
>> that an official play had been run) and THEN say that the punt/turnover play
>> is under review. After the turnover stood, they set it up as EMU's ball 1st
>> and 10 AGAIN. They basically erased a play that occurred on the field.
>> I don't understand how that was possible.
>>
>> Go Cats!
>> Jim
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