cal.-maryland no safety

[bisonlj]

It does appear it should have been a safety. I know our crew has the philosophy to make sure the guy was tackled well in the end zone so as to not give the defense a cheap safety. If it's close you give the offense the benefit of the doubt. I wonder if that's what happened here. On video though it looks like he made a bad judgement call. That looks like a safety.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by bisonlj

It does appear it should have been a safety. I know our crew has the philosophy to make sure the guy was tackled well in the end zone so as to not give the defense a cheap safety. If it's close you give the offense the benefit of the doubt. I wonder if that's what happened here. On video though it looks like he made a bad judgement call. That looks like a safety.

I swear, the more I read about various NCAA officiating philosophies, the less I understand them.

[JasonTX]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I swear, the more I read about various NCAA officiating philosophies, the less I understand them.

For this philosophy it is used in situations where you don't have a good few of the ball or you just aren't sure if he got the ball all the way out. If that is the case, instead of ruling safety, go ahead a rule he got it all the way out. I don't believe we would be able to use this with this play.