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Originally posted by Joe
In the last minute Graves took out Anthony with a cross body block right
in front and 5 feet from the Center (the Center helped Anthony up and seemed to ask him if he was OK (he really got nailed))...no call.
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Joe,
In that play, the defender was trailing the opponent near the sideline. The offensive guy was ahead, near the spot, when Anthony flipped the ball in.
At the same time as Anthony released the ball, the trailing defender dived after it, missed the ball; his momentum caused him to roll into Anthony, who was elevating, still out-of-bounds, when he saw the defender falling his way.
With Anthony going up and the defender hitting Anthony's ankles, Anthony took a fall.
That was a real fine example of incidental contact and the use of a no-call spiced with the tincture of the Tower Philosophy.
mick