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Originally posted by bklabe21
Hi all,
I was announcing the Princeton vs. Yale football game earlier today on the radio, and the officials totally blew a call. They somehow blew the whistle as if the running back for Yale was down before he fumbled even though it was blatant fumble with the benefit of instant replay. The Princeton coach went nuts, and the refs talked it over for a few minutes.
Finally they announced something to the effect of: "We are not entirely sure whether or not the runner was down before losing possession of the football. Therefore, we will replay the down."
Have any of you ever seen a doover in college football before? Is that actually part of the rulebook?
I'd love to know if this has happened before and if it is legitimate purely out of curiousity.
If any of you are curious how it turned out - Yale fumbled the snap on the next play and Princeton recovered. (Yale won the game, however).
thanks!
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If you all noticed, this is bklabe21's first post on this board.
He is coming to the horse's mouth (so to speck) to learn if the officials ruling was correct. Obviously he's making an effort to learn from the guys who know the rules, us, so if it happens again he can report to his audience what the officials have ruled.
Some here might be taking out on (bklade21) their dissatisfaction about having heard other comments, that announcers have made.
Hes here the learn and look how he was treated. Will he open this door again, I doubt.