Indy/SD

[Reffing Rev.]

The False start may have not been a false start, but I imagine 2/3 of the crews in the country at every level talked about last week's LSU false start and said duh and here the U talked himself into a bad call.

My question is this, in what mechanic is the U observing the shifts of the end and backs? Doesn't he have a snap, a center and a couple of guards to be watching.

In the NFL shifts are very popular, there was nothing illegal about this shift that was any different than 2/3 of the other shifts on Sunday. The argument someone made earlier about them all shifting the same direction makes the swinging gate shift illegal. I will come out and say bad call.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

My question is this, in what mechanic is the U observing the shifts of the end and backs? Doesn't he have a snap, a center and a couple of guards to be watching.

I think the wing official had the call not the U (could be wrong).

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

In the NFL shifts are very popular, there was nothing illegal about this shift that was any different than 2/3 of the other shifts on Sunday. The argument someone made earlier about them all shifting the same direction makes the swinging gate shift illegal. I will come out and say bad call.

The difference is his movement was jerky similar to the action at a snap rather than fluid like is usually done on a shift. There's a fine line but I think he got the call right after watching the replay.

[FredFan7]

Mike Pereira explains it here:

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d8043262f