cal.-maryland no 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.