Ohio St. v. Indiana

[parepat]

Did anyone else hear an inadvertant whistle when Indiana muffed a punt in the first quarter? No one owned up to it. Maybe I'm hearing things.

[Theisey]

There probably was, and if so the crew kicked it if you pardon the pun.

Deep guys need to slow down and react to the play. I noticed a bean bag tossed. That would indicate the end of kick as a result of a catch. It was clear there was no catch.
Again, sloooooowwwww down and react to the play. Just because there was a fair catch signal, doesn't mean you have to blow the whistle a millisecond after a catch.

[Texoma_LJ]

There was not one... but TWO inadvertant whistles in this game. Both came on kicks that were muffed by the receiver while the ball was loose. On one (free kick/kickoff) the officials gave the ball to the team which recoverd the ball. On the punt, the kicking team recovered the ball and the officials made them replay the down. I caught all of this on replays later in the games broadcast so I do apologize if I have made a mistake.

I am confused on the first IW why the recovering team got the ball. I am certain that the whistle was while the ball was still losse after the muff.

I am not up to date on NCAA rules so I will leave this to those that know better than me for an explanation.

[BigFarns]

I watched the game and it was an "odd" game to say the least. Tempo of the game was....off.
I won't bad mouth the officials on the mistakes because mistakes happen. But I do think they should have replayed the punt. And I'm a Buckeye fan so it's not because I was upset by the outcome of the call.
Indiana played much better than the score of the game indicates. I think that some of the controversial rulings on the field may have gotten into the Indiana players heads. Thrown them off there game some.

[Sonofanump]

I was listening to the radio and heard the whistle prior to the announcer yelling fumble, I thought that the announcer was slow.