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I have heard Reggie Greenwood say a couple of times that it is better to make a mistake by omission rather than commission. We have the benefit of replay and slow motion to comment on this play. A slightly delayed whistle was used to make this call and Gary Maxwell did a good job on the call. The defender was obviously put at a disadvantage by this move and he did carry the ball.
For the poster that mentioned how many times carrying occurs in a D1 game you should also consider how much contact occurs and a variety of things. It would probably take 5 hours to play a game if things were called black and white. Hank Nichols does stress the need for calls like this to be made and Gary Maxwell made the correct call. I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone here, but it is funny to me how sometimes officials who make calls like this are criticized but officials who make more than 14 obvious mistakes in a national semi final are looked up to. Baffles the mind.
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