Syracuse v Virginia RA play - Higgins

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by CallMeMrRef

Some agreement some disagreement with your points:
1) Yes the C could have gone to the L with RA information - but do we know he had that information or was just calling the play which initiated on his side...
2) Just because the L points to the RA doesn't necessarily mean the contact would have been PC without the RA in his mind; it may mean that since it was RA contact, it is a block regardless - he doesn't even have to decide...
3) So, RA play trumps reality absent evidence that it was not an RA play - evidence we do not have on the floor.

#2 is completely wrong. You point to the RA only if it would have been an offensive foul otherwise.

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