Still haven't seen the play. But I can't tell from that gif since the POV of the camera isn't straight down the line.

I was listening on the radio on the way to my show. The announcers were from the Stanford feed and they were furious. It made me laugh pretty hard.

karen lotz;1294564 wrote:Not the kind of game you want to watch on your phone at a wedding reception while the maid of honor is giving her speech, but I'll take it.

Lol

Cool!

LJ;1294595 wrote:

How many times are you going to post this?

Why would ND fans storm the field? You were a double digit favorite.

I don't have a tweet to post for the 9th time, but a former ref on sports center said it was the correct call.

september63;1294814 wrote:Why would ND fans storm the field? You were a double digit favorite.

Because it was a big win against a team that has owned them in recent years? Also, pretty sure ND was an 8-point favorite.

killer_ewok;1294819 wrote:Because it was a big win against a team that has owned them in recent years? Also, pretty sure ND was an 8-point favorite.

You are right. That line started at 10 and ended at 8.

Of course I picked Stanford in my pick 'em.

sherm03;1294569 wrote:Still haven't seen the play. But I can't tell from that gif since the POV of the camera isn't straight down the line.

I was listening on the radio on the way to my show. The announcers were from the Stanford feed and they were furious. It made me laugh pretty hard.

The last laughs of the evening for anyone.

/sleepered

Just like fans of OSU and Miami in 2002, ND fans will say correct call, Stanford fans will say bad call. Also, some refs say correct call, and some refs say incorrect call. ND won, they're 6-0, end of story.

vball10set;1294848 wrote:Just like fans of OSU and Miami in 2002, ND fans will say correct call, Stanford fans will say bad call. Also, some refs say correct call, and some refs say incorrect call. ND won, they're 6-0, end of story.

Tis true.

karen lotz;1294818 wrote:I don't have a tweet to post for the 9th time, but a former ref on sports center said it was the correct call.

They use Gerry Austin for MNF, was it him? Just curious.

ts1227;1294852 wrote:They use Gerry Austin for MNF, was it him? Just curious.

no idea, I was watching/listening while falling asleep on couch.

Dave Cutaia. It just happened to be on College Football Final when I turned it on.

karen lotz;1294873 wrote:Dave Cutaia. It just happened to be on College Football Final when I turned it on.

Yeah, I just saw it too

I finally got to see the play. I'll be honest, I can understand why Stanford fans are pissed. It is really close. I can see why they didn't give him the touchdown in real time. And the replays don't show a good enough angle to overturn.

That call could easily have gone either way. It's easy to say it when the call goes your teams' way, but it's the truth. And the bottom line is, Stanford had four plays from inside the Irish 5, and two of those plays from inside the 1. In that type of position, you can't leave doubt. You can't put yourself in a position where it comes down to a call from the officials.

I wouldn't say the call was wrong. But I wouldn't say the call was right. It could have gone either way. And there were going to be people pissed off no matter what happened. I'm just glad that I'm not on the pissed off side.

sherm03;1294917 wrote:I finally got to see the play. I'll be honest, I can understand why Stanford fans are pissed. It is really close. I can see why they didn't give him the touchdown in real time. And the replays don't show a good enough angle to overturn.

That call could easily have gone either way. It's easy to say it when the call goes your teams' way, but it's the truth. And the bottom line is, Stanford had four plays from inside the Irish 5, and two of those plays from inside the 1. In that type of position, you can't leave doubt. You can't put yourself in a position where it comes down to a call from the officials.

I wouldn't say the call was wrong. But I wouldn't say the call was right. It could have gone either way. And there were going to be people pissed off no matter what happened. I'm just glad that I'm not on the pissed off side.

Great post.

I love how people talk about this like Stanford was down four to end the game and this would've served Notre Dame a loss. The facts are that Notre Dame was ahead seven points anyway and had Stanford scored somehow there, they would've had to turn around and try to do it again (good luck) with ND taking the advantageous position in the second overtime of having the ball second. Likely story in that case? SAME RESULT

athlete37;1294986 wrote:I love how people talk about this like Stanford was down four to end the game and this would've served Notre Dame a loss. The facts are that Notre Dame was ahead seven points anyway and had Stanford scored somehow there, they would've had to turn around and try to do it again (good luck) with ND taking the advantageous position in the second overtime of having the ball second. Likely story in that case? SAME RESULT

Lol. No. No one will ever know how the game should have ended.

I do not see the runners elbow. I can see why there is not enough evidence to overturn the play. Tough call. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Here are some pretty pictures for people still struggling with the call on 4th down. There are some words too, so hopefully no one gets confused.

Sonofanump...do the side judges normally run in from the sideline and mark a spot without blowing their whistle/signalling forward progress stopped?

^^^reps.

lol--ND won, 'nuff said, move on