Quote:
Originally posted by johnSandlin
Those were some of the questions I was running through my mind last night on the way home after the game.
The other factor that played heavily on my mind was the fact the winning coach informed me as loud as he could without yelling at me, that he was just going to take a knee and let the clock run out.
I guess factoring all this up, as much, as I did not agree with the coach tatics of the visiting coach, I read more into this, then there needed to be.
|
You were there, so you know best. The coach telling you that he is running a "special" play during the down is informing the official. Why else would a coach inform an official of the next play? When the coach informs the official that his QB is taking a knee, he is asking for special protection by getting a quick whistle. If the QB doesn't take a knee after the head coach told me he WAS, I'd flag the USC for attempting to influence a decision by an official (9-8-1b) as well as Unfair Act (9-9-3).
We used to do just like you did here, but some of the posts have opened up certain possibilities that the defense can get the ball back!!!! So, I will be more likely to let the play happen until the knee goes down.
The QB may pause before he goes down -- That allows the linemen to go at it for a while-- Or he may try to pull a Dan Marino a la New York Jets vs Dolphins: result TD. Which, I believe, if the coach doesn't inform an official before the play, would be legal in NF.