[NU Sports] Yesterday's video review

[Michael Vance]

The other problem is that you can't call a penalty on a replay.  So even 
if the refs missed the call and the EMU guy wasn't blocked into Smith's 
way (I haven't gone back and looked yet), they couldn't call the penalty 
and give the ball to NU.  All they could do at that point was see who it 
hit first and make the appropriate call from there.

I agree that it seemed like an awfully late replay buzz though.  When 
the signal comes down at the last minute, you can usually see the ref 
running in with his arms waving as the ball is snapped and the play 
usually gets blown dead well before it finishes.  This time, the play 
finished and they were spotting the result when all of a sudden it got 
called back.  Once again, I need to go back and watch.

-Michael

Jonathan Hodges wrote:
> 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 The "halo rule" was repealed and it appeared that an NU blocker caused the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
>>
>>
>> Jim Leonard wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> 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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